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A New Species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the Saffron Finch, Sicalis flaveola (Aves: Passeriformes) in Brazil
PurposeThe present study describes a new species of Eimeria found in free-living S. flaveola that inhabit the city of Eugenópolis in the state of...
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Helminth Parasites of the Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens (Vieillot) (Aves: Accipitridae) from Argentina, with the Description of a New Species of Parastrigea (Digenea: Strigeidae)
PurposeThe goal of this work was to increase the knowledge of the parasitic helminths of the Crane hawk, Geranospiza caerulescens .
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Phylogenetic relationship between Contracaecum spp. (Nematoda, Anisakidae) parasitizing cormorants (Aves, Phalacrocoracidae) in Argentina
Species of the genus Contracaecum (Family Anisakidae) exhibit a broad host and geographical distribution, parasitizing aquatic organisms such as...
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Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Bubo bubo (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae), a National Protected Wildlife Bird in China
AbstractWe sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Bubo bubo by the shotgun genome skimming method. The mitogenome of B. bubo is...
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A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Eye Fluke Philophthalmus lacrymosus (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) Found in Larus dominicanus (Aves: Laridae) from Brazil
PurposeSpecies of the genus Philophthalmus are eye flukes with a complex taxonomy, which began to be improved with the help of molecular data only...
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Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of Anhingatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Diplostomidae) with Two New Species from New World Anhingas (Aves: Anhingidae)
PurposeThe Diplostomidae is a globally distributed family of digeneans that parasitize a wide variety of tetrapod definitive hosts. Recent molecular...
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Virome in the cloaca of wild and breeding birds revealed a diversity of significant viruses
BackgroundWild birds may harbor and transmit viruses that are potentially pathogenic to humans, domestic animals, and other wildlife.
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Higher Cognitive Abilities in Birds: A Comparative Evolutionary Analysis
Comparative analysis of higher cognitive abilities in animals provides for assessment of the evolutionary underpinnings of the formation of human...
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Sarcocystis cristata sp. nov. (Apicomplexa, Sarcocystidae) in the imported great blue turaco Corythaeola cristata (Aves, Musophagidae)
BackgroundSpecies of Sarcocystis are parasitic protozoa in poikilothermic and homeothermic animals. Out of the 26 valid species in birds as...
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Comparative microanatomical and histochemical biodistribution profiles of different types of mucins in oesophageal gastric tract mucosa of some tetrapod representatives
The microanatomical features of the oesophageal gastric tract in tetrapod representatives and their function, especially those related to the mucosal...
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Lineage-specific protein repeat expansions and contractions reveal malleable regions of immune genes
Functional diversification, a higher evolutionary rate, and intense positive selection help a limited number of immune genes interact with many...
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Isospora svecica sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new species of coccidium from the white-spotted bluethroat Luscinia svecica cyanecula (Aves: Passeriformes: Muscicapidae)
Using a combination of morphological and molecular data, we describe a new apicomplexan parasite, Isospora svecica sp. n., from the white-spotted...
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Evolutionary origin of germline pathogenic variants in human DNA mismatch repair genes
BackgroundMismatch repair (MMR) system is evolutionarily conserved for genome stability maintenance. Germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in MMR genes...
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Worldwide host associations of the tick genus Ixodes suggest relationships based on environmental sharing rather than on co-phylogenetic events
BackgroundThis study aims to capture how ticks of the genus Ixodes gained their hosts using network constructs. We propose two alternative...
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Comprehensive meta-analysis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infections in humans, vertebrate hosts and questing ticks
BackgroundSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne zoonosis caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). Understanding the...
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Context-dependent activation of a social behavior brain network during learned vocal production
Neural activation in brain regions for vocal control is social context dependent. This context-dependent brain activation reflects social...
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Pathogenic variants in human DNA damage repair genes mostly arose in recent human history
BackgroundGenome stability is maintained by the DNA damage repair (DDR) system composed of multiple DNA repair pathways of hundreds of genes....
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An integrated data analysis reveals distribution, hosts, and pathogen diversity of Haemaphysalis concinna
BackgroundHaemaphysalis concinna , carrying multiple pathogens, has attracted increasing attention because of its expanded geographical range and...
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Maritrema kostadinovae n. sp. (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea (Aves: Ardeidae) in Mexico
A new species of microphallid trematode was collected from the intestine of the yellow-crowned night heron Nyctanassa violacea (L.) (Pelecaniformes:...
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Historical climate changes and hybridization shaped the evolution of Atlantic Forest spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae)
Combining phylogeographic approaches and hybrid zone inference in a single framework is a robust way to depict respectively the biogeographic history...
